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After 8 years of rumours, speculation and crossed fingers - triple j can finally reveal that RADIOHEAD will make their long-awaited return to Australian shores this November.

The seminal UK outfit will play just 5 shows - 1 in Brisbane and two each for Sydney and Melbourne - for one of the most anticipated tours of the last decade.

The run of shows come off the back of their eighth studio release, 2011's The King Of Limbs, but unlike their recent festivals shows - where they have focussed heavily on new material - the band will use these long-overdue shows as a chance to "showcase the band's multi-decade career in an aural and visual celebration."

At a time when bands are touring Australia more than ever - some even twice in the same year - Radiohead remain one of the only acts that have kept their distance.

To give you some context, this is what the triple j website looked like the last time Radiohead were in the country.

It's been 8 years since then.

For that tour, Radiohead played just 3 shows; two in Sydney and one in Melbourne. Before that visit, it had been another 6 years since they were last here in support of OK Computer in early 1998.

In fact, since the release of their first single 'Creep' in 1992 Radiohead have played in Australia just 3 times.

But in November, they make it 4 - here are the dates:

Tue 6 NovVector ArenaAuckland

Fri 9 NovEntertainment CentreBrisbane

Mon 12 NovEntertainment CentreSydney

Tue 13 NovEntertainment CentreSydney

Fri 16 NovRod Laver ArenaMelbourne

Sat 17 NovRod Laver ArenaMelbourne

Tickets for all shows go on sale Thursday March 1 at 9am (local time).

For your chance to win VIP tickets to these shows and an invite to triple j's Radiohead pre-party you need to be listening in to triple j all this week.